Glued fins onto the body tube with the hot glue gun
Glued the elastic to the nose cone and the inside of the body tube
Attached parachute to the elastic
Painted the rocket
Added the "Jay Bomb" logo on the side of the body tube
Put wadding into body tube
Saturday November 6th 2010
Cut two "donut" style circles out of a very thin sheet of plywood to hold the engine and dime roller
Monday November 8th 2010
Refined the circles
Placed dime roller into the plywood rings
Used leftover cardboard tube to create a smaller tube to hold the dime roller and plywood rings
Placed engine compartment consisting of a dime roller, two plywood rings,
A reduced cardboard tube and a paperclip into the body tube of the rocket with hot glue
Wednesday November 10th 2010
Launched the rocket twice
Lost it on the roof of that stupid building
Modifications
We were going to use PVC pipe but this would have made our rocket too heavy so we decided to use cardboard tube. We also changed our streamers to a parachute.
Time Line
Monday November 1st 2010
Friday November 5th 2010
Saturday November 6th 2010
Monday November 8th 2010
Wednesday November 10th 2010
Modifications
We were going to use PVC pipe but this would have made our rocket too heavy so we decided to use cardboard tube. We also changed our streamers to a parachute.
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